Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape


Emalahleni Municipality is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiXhosa word meaning "a place of coal".

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress won a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Cacadu245.0713,780
Cala9.6857
Dordrecht15.674,454
Emaqwatini27.011,920
Eqolombeni61.561,603
Guba315.778,807
Hala114.032,835
Indwe12.171,425
Cacadu24.71729
Lakishi23.793,557
Macubeni350.5616,760
Manyano0.161,370
Mavuya0.593,023
Mhlontlo340.6918,960
Mzamomhle0.29880
Nonesi557.5928,776
Sinakho1.394,279
Remainder of the municipality1,134.112,732